How to keep birds away from succulents on a balcony? Here's one trick to effectively prevent succulents from being pecked and damaged

For people who grow succulents, having a rooftop is already enviable enough, and having a rooftop where you can also plant succulents in the ground and grow them outdoors is even better. On weekends, admiring the succulents, the outdoor ones look more robust in terms of condition, and overall they are still very beautiful, because they have the maximized ventilation environment. But when growing succulents on a balcony, or growing succulents outdoors, there is always the problem of birds pecking them. What methods can keep birds away? Let the succulents grow healthily.

What potential dangers do succulents pecked and damaged by birds have? Besides affecting their appearance, in spring not only do succulents grow faster, but various birds also begin to appear frequently. When growing them outdoors, after not seeing them for a day, some wounds will appear on them. If it does not rain these two days, that is fine, and the succulents will not have problems. Once it rains, or when we water them and do not notice that we are watering the wounds, the succulent leaves will turn to mush, affecting the growth of the succulents.

If you want to prevent succulents from being pecked and damaged by birds, you can make a few scarecrows. Scarecrows are very useful, and placing succulents next to a scarecrow is very safe. But if you grow quite a lot of succulents at home, we need to make several more, otherwise some succulents will still be eaten by birds. We can also tie a red plastic bag to a pole, place the pole next to the succulents, and put up several of them. As long as there is wind, the plastic bags will rustle, and it will scare the birds away. When there is no wind, most birds will also be scared away when they see red things.

The common one is to insert a few bamboo skewers beside the succulent pot. The bamboo skewers should be taller than the succulents, so when birds try to peck the succulents, they will be pricked by the bamboo skewers and will not continue pecking. Bamboo skewers are very easy to get; the ones used for barbecue are fine. Inserted beside the soil, we can also pull them out to check how dry or wet the soil is, achieving multiple things at once, and the effect is still quite good.

Now let's talk about what care methods succulents have. First is outdoor growing. Outdoor growing is the most highly recommended care method in succulent care. It allows succulents to receive all-day sunlight, and this sunlight has no glass to block ultraviolet rays, making it easy to bring out the succulents' best condition. In spring and autumn, the sunlight is warm but not harsh, very suitable for outdoor growing. But in summer the temperature is too high and the light is too strong, and in winter the temperature is too low, so outdoor growing is not recommended in either season.

Enclosed growing is a cultivation method that covers the succulents with transparent material. It keeps water vapor inside the transparent cover after evaporation, raising the air humidity, and can create an effect like a greenhouse. Enclosed growing and outdoor growing should not be carried out at the same time, otherwise it easily causes the temperature inside the cover to become too high and burn the succulents to death. At the same time, note that you cannot keep them enclosed all the time; it is best to open the cover at noon to let in some air. Finally, enclosed growing is suitable in spring and autumn, and not suitable in winter and summer.

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